WE BOTH STARED ACROSS AT Alek and I took a moment to re-adjust the pillows behind my back. Audi shuffled around, getting comfy and I stroked her silky ears. 'Elena?'

'Hmm?'

'What were my parents like? Do I have any family now?'

Anxiety at finally asking the questions that echoed in my dreams made my stomach ache and I shifted again, making Audi grumble.

Elena began to describe them and listening to her words sort of made them more real. The Sorceress's ...